5LL #17 - Landlords, Nihilism, Postal Workers, Innovation, Black Socialism

Socialists Versus Landlords
David Dayen, In These Times

Los Angeles DSA is harnessing anger over skyrocketing rent to get nonvoters to the polls in November.

We Don't Have Time for Nihilism
Jacob Bacharach, Jacobin

We have to say, repeatedly, to everyone who will listen and everyone who tries not to: the hatred and murder we saw in Pittsburgh is the product of a political project of the Right. We have to transform our rage into solidarity and collective action against that project.

Confessions of a U.S. Postal Worker: "We deliver Amazon packages until we drop dead."
Brendan O'Connor, Medium 

How the Post Office’s deal with Amazon has made life hell for mail carriers

Innovation Under Socialism
Vanessa A. Bee, Current Affairs

We can strive for a fairer economy, under a socialist model, without conceding the technological advances that have made our lives easier.

Black and Red
Tanna Tucker and Nestor Castillo, The Nib

The history of Black Socialism in America

Subscribe to 5 Lefty Links

Check out the 5 Lefty Links Archives